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Custom Western Boot Making

Table of Contents and Topic Page Number

The Last 8

Measuring the Feet 10

Tracing the Foot 13

Ordering the Last 14

The Short Heel 15

Patterns 17

Selecting Leather 23

Cutting out the Uppers 26

Cutting out the Bottoms 27

Crimping 28

Three quarter welt Insoles 30

Attaching the Insoles 32

Thread & Sewing 33

Skiving 34

Heel Slide 38

Heel Slide Assembly 39

Stay 40

Top Beading 41

Top Beading Assembly 42

Panel & Lining Assembly 43

Sewing the Panels 44

Stitch Embellishments 45

Trimming the Shaft Panels 48

Counters 50

Counter Assembly 51

Counter Cover Assembly 54

Vamp Lining 58

Vamp Tongue 60

Vamp Assembly 63

Trimming the Vamp 65

Side Welt 66

Side Welt Assembly 67

Punching Holes 69

Closing the Sides 70

Turning the Shafts 73

Pull Straps 74

Pull Strap Assembly 75

Toe Flower 78

Lasting the Boots 82

The Toe Box 90

Toe Box Assembly 91

Inseaming 95

By Ken E. Hockenberry

Used with permission.

This is a large download, so caution to those of you on slower connections.

Johanna

 

 

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Thanks for the article. Post as many as you want. I want to learn as much as I can so I'll take any and all.

Thanks

Jim

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HI - nice to see the Gutenberg project alive and well over here. . . I've some extra men's boot lasts from the 1970s with good 'cone' if anyone is interested.

send an email if interested.

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Isn't it sweet to see the old posts coming back? I think we have another 3000 to go...*sigh

~J

 

 

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks so much for posting this book johanna. It is so hard to find good bootmaking books these days.

Custom Western Boot Making

Table of Contents and Topic Page Number

The Last 8

Measuring the Feet 10

Tracing the Foot 13

Ordering the Last 14

The Short Heel 15

Patterns 17

Selecting Leather 23

Cutting out the Uppers 26

Cutting out the Bottoms 27

Crimping 28

Three quarter welt Insoles 30

Attaching the Insoles 32

Thread & Sewing 33

Skiving 34

Heel Slide 38

Heel Slide Assembly 39

Stay 40

Top Beading 41

Top Beading Assembly 42

Panel & Lining Assembly 43

Sewing the Panels 44

Stitch Embellishments 45

Trimming the Shaft Panels 48

Counters 50

Counter Assembly 51

Counter Cover Assembly 54

Vamp Lining 58

Vamp Tongue 60

Vamp Assembly 63

Trimming the Vamp 65

Side Welt 66

Side Welt Assembly 67

Punching Holes 69

Closing the Sides 70

Turning the Shafts 73

Pull Straps 74

Pull Strap Assembly 75

Toe Flower 78

Lasting the Boots 82

The Toe Box 90

Toe Box Assembly 91

Inseaming 95

By Ken E. Hockenberry

Used with permission.

This is a large download, so caution to those of you on slower connections.

Johanna

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I'm no bootmaker, but that was kind of interesting, I might want to give that one a whirl

I really need to learn what I'm doing, then maybe I won't make too many more mistakes. But then again people have always told me I am over ambitious.

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Just want to thank you for that post. I want to learn boot making and this was great.

thanks,

jim

Edited by jnewburry
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